Operation Karbala 10

Operation Karbala Ten
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
DateMay 1987
LocationNorthern Iraq
Result Limited Iranian victory
Territorial
changes
Minor territorial gains for Iran; Iranian advance halts at Mawat.
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Peshmerga

Operation Karbala Ten was a joint effort by Iran and the Kurdish rebels in Iraq.

Because there was hardly any movement anymore at the southern front, the Iranians thought they could better break through in the Northern front in Kurdish Iraq. They broke through the Iraqi defense lines and surrounded the garrison at Mawat. Though endangering the Iraqi oil fields of Kirkuk and the pipeline to Turkey the Iranians didn't get much further than this.

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